Example sentences of "was [verb] [pron] [prep] an [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was no sense in expecting any help from the boy , the only thing to be done was to exclude him as an irresponsible minor from the consideration of his own fate . |
| 2 | It occurred to Cassie that he was keeping himself under an unnatural control , like a muzzled animal . |
| 3 | This man was lodging himself like an irritating burr under her skin . |
| 4 | As the abrasive words poured into her ears , he was moving her against an ornamental lacquerwork cabinet of hip height and bending her backwards , a hand dealing with the intricacies of her bustier with a sure skill that bore witness to a wealth of experience with even the most esoteric of feminine garments . |
| 5 | He was threatening them with an extraordinary general meeting of the club . |
| 6 | ‘ I 'd hoped for so much from that class since I was taking it at an American university , but — ’ |
| 7 | Patrick did n't need to be a doctor to know that his mother was drinking herself into an early grave . |
| 8 | He knew well enough that convincing politicians was a tough job , so his plan was to present them with an informed and insistent electorate of the future . |
| 9 | The music by which he frequently composed his poetry ( a natural continuance of a centuries-old tradition ) was asserting itself as an independent expression . |